Rounds

Pedal, pedal, pedal your bike
down the dusty road.
Try to miss the speeding cars
and do not hit that toad.


Fly, fly, fly your kite
higher in the sky.
Let it out, or reel it in.
Tug the string and try.

Blow, blow, blow it out,
bubbles in the pool.
Swimming on a summer day
is how we all stay cool.

    When I was a young girl, my elementary school was all enclosed with a central hallway going off in two directions from the large main entry.  Every Friday afternoon, we would gather in the hall and sit on the floor.  The lucky students got to use the wall for a backrest.  One of the teachers would wheel and push her piano out into the hall and we would have a hall sing.  Because I wore dresses to school, the tiles in the hall felt cool on my bare legs on hot days.  I grew up in the desert so this cool was a welcome treat.  I learned to sing lots of songs during hall sing.  My favorites were the rounds, when teachers would divide us into groups and we'd each start the song at a different time.  The three poems I've written for today are Rounds, based on Row, Row, Row Your Boat.  For your poetry challenge today, can you try writing your own round? What words can you substitute for other songs?  

    The Poetry Friday Roundup is hosted by The Logonauts.  Follow their links for more things poetic.  

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